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Tiny flowers, don't know what they are 7 ft tall Bull thistle plant Bull thistle, this was at the top of a 7 ft plant. Horse weed (Erigeron canadensis), member of the da… Horse weed (Erigeron canadensis), member of the da… The beginning of the Goldenrod season. A ten-minute downpour Our little car under the old catalpa in pouring ra… After the heavy rain. Tall Coneflowers in the park Self-portrait in the rain Elecampane (Inula helenium) in the rain. After the heavy rain. A small park near our home High summer at the lake A perfect spot for a summer picnic An August afternoon. So much space for Maggie to run. A new visitor, a female hummingbird In the morning sunlight Spurflowers (Plectranthus) for the hummingbirds. Spurflowers (Plectranthus) for the hummingbirds. Painted with a large brush. Wild lettuce, 6 ft. tall Wild snapdragons Tiny flowers, don't know what they are Seed pods of trumpeter vine St. Clair river in St. Clair, Michigan Watching the river St. Clair in the city of St. Cl… River park in St. Clair. Flowering Spurge Storm clouds We live in a fragmented world Evening primrose (Oenothera) The magic of a meadow The true color of St. Clair River, Michigan. The dragonfly asked to be in the picture, so I obl… Summer lace Looking downriver toward St. Clair, Michigan A boy's Sunday fun. A Monarch's destination: Point Pelee, Ontario, Can… The western sky. The northern sky. The last glow of the evening. Clouds above us this evening.

Doerthe ^club

Posted: 20 Aug 2018

Taken: 20 Aug 2018

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Reed (Phragmites)

Reed (Phragmites)

Building material. Reed is actually grown on farms in northern Europe for the purpose of harvesting it for roofing that lasts 50 years, completely maintenance free. We are always trying to get rid of it. Did you know that the tubers are a potato substitute and very nourishing? Why could we not find a way to use the tubers for a type of snack, then we wouldn't have to use weedkiller or have to burn reed (Phragmites)?

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Ronald Losure ^club

I didn't know this, but I suppose I have seen the roofs made of it.

5 years ago.

Doerthe ^club has replied to Ronald Losure ^club

The largest farm I have seen in a video is actually in Austria, although there are no roofs in that country made of reed. I recently watched another documentary about a grower and producer of roofing material in northeastern Germany. Interesting in that was that reed can only be cut in winter with special harvest machines and in late February the cutting has to stop because of the first ground-breeding birds return from their winter rest and start building nests.

5 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

VERY interesting, Doerthe *****************

5 years ago.

Doerthe ^club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet

Thanks, Marie-claire.

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